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Hugh Clowers Thompson Jr. (April 15, 1943 – January 6, 2006) was a United States Army officer, serving as a warrant officer in the 123rd Aviation Battalion of the 23rd Infantry Division.
Hugh Thompson jr. (ur. 15 kwietnia 1943 w Atlancie, zm. 6 stycznia 2006 w Alexandrii) – amerykański pilot śmigłowca, znany z przeprowadzonej przez siebie akcji ratowania ofiar masakry w Mỹ Lai podczas wojny wietnamskiej.
12 kwi 2022 · Learn how Hugh Thompson Jr. risked his life to save Vietnamese civilians from a brutal slaughter by American soldiers in 1968. Discover how he testified against the perpetrators and faced death threats for his heroism.
11 paź 2021 · Hugh Thompson Jr. was a twenty-five-year-old helicopter pilot and Army warrants officer. On March 16, 1968, he was flying a mission in Vietnam and came across a large number of dead civilian bodies; and in pursuing surveillance, he discovered that those civilians had been killed, and the survivors were still under fire, by American forces.
Hugh Thompson Jr. was a helicopter pilot who landed in a Vietnamese village and prevented more killings by U.S. soldiers in 1968. He received the Soldier's Medal for his heroism and voluntarily risking his life under conditions other than those in conflict with the enemy.
Warrant Officer Hugh Thompson Jr., a helicopter pilot from Company B (Aero-Scouts), 123rd Aviation Battalion, Americal Division, saw dead and wounded civilians as he was flying over the village of Sơn Mỹ, providing close-air support for ground forces. [47]
6 sty 2006 · NEW ORLEANS — Hugh Thompson Jr., a former Army helicopter pilot honored for rescuing Vietnamese civilians from his fellow GIs during the My Lai massacre, died early Friday. He was 62.
